07-28-2004, 05:47 AM
I just recently started a priest myself (on the PvP server for some strange reason) and have only got to level 12 or so and was actually thinking about writing something up. You cover much of it though.
As for battle plans and the Shadowword: Pain, the most important about WHEN to get it of, is that it should be set of so that it just expires as it kills the enemy. Setting it of too late (like in possibly in TheDragoon's "plan") means you waste damage done by it. Of course, one can also go by setting it off as quickly as possible if one only plan to get 1 of any way and then just after the first Holy Strike (but before the first Mind Blas) is the best. Since it is instant and one can do spells pretty quickly afterwards, it is not a big problem. Just my thought.
As for battle plans and the Shadowword: Pain, the most important about WHEN to get it of, is that it should be set of so that it just expires as it kills the enemy. Setting it of too late (like in possibly in TheDragoon's "plan") means you waste damage done by it. Of course, one can also go by setting it off as quickly as possible if one only plan to get 1 of any way and then just after the first Holy Strike (but before the first Mind Blas) is the best. Since it is instant and one can do spells pretty quickly afterwards, it is not a big problem. Just my thought.
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